Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20
THE FIGHT FOR EORAN
MAKING OHIO POLITICS RATHER IN.
TEReSTING JUST NOW.

A Lingering Hope That Thurman Would
Run Seems To Re yain-EIements That
Are Working to Put the Cleveland Man
On the Tieket-Poweii Grasping the Stu
ation-Sherman Going to Toledo.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 2o-There is only
one thing that stands in the way of the guber-
Material nomination being rendered to Allen
G. Thurman without even the formality of a
ballot by the Democratic state convention.
The one essential lacking is the consent of the
"Old Roman" himself; and this seems out of
the question after his letter TO his son last
week Notwithstanding this, more than forty
county conventions have instructed their del
egates TO hoist the red bandannan and nail it
to the mast, and late Monday night report
was industriously circulated in local political
circles that, succumbing to pressure, the ex-
| senator had decided to place himself, without
reserve in the hands of his friends. This re-
port was photographed to Allen Thurman, Jr,
| by the special representative Of The Unite,l
Press, and a reply was received, through
| which the latter was placed in communica-
| ton with personal friend of Mr. Thurman,
| who has come to Cleveland for the express
purpose of representing his views Prom this
source it was learned that under no circum-
| stances would he swerve from his determine
| ton, and that a letter embodying this state
ment was now on its way for presentation Ia
| the convention
With Thurman, therefore, out of the way,
| the fight for the head of the ticket, as indi-
Gated in these dispatches last evening, is be-
| tween Congressman Powell, Campbell and
| Foran. Up to Monday the former was large
| ly in the lead. He was the second choice of
many of the Thurman delegations and had,
moreover, the personal backing of the Thur
man family. His prospects, however, have
been seriously impaired by the Foran boom,
which set in Monday, and which is hourly
assuming larger proportions. Senator Payne
is said to be at the bottom of this movement,
while the alleged dicker which is to bring
the organized labor element to the support of
the Democratic state ticket also cuts consid-
cradle of a figure in the boom for the Cleve-
land representative An effort was made
Monday morning to induce Senator Payne to
show his hand, but although he was almost
| fulsome in his eulogies of Foran, he diplo-
matically refrained from any expression of
opinion which would indicate that he himself
was responsible for his appearance as can
didate
/ Congressman Campbell has no earthly
show of securing the nomination, but he con
trols some 200 delegates from Hamilton,
Butler, Montgomery and other counties, and
it is pretty well understood that these will be
thrown to Foran when the proper moment
arrives Then there are quite number OF
Thurman delegates that are unpledged as to
second choice, and if these can be persuaded
to rally under the Foran banner, the latter's
success-which means that of the Payne
| element-will be assured
The Powell men, however, who have just
begun to divine the true state of affairs, will
make the fight an interesting one. Gen
Powell, who arrived Tuesday morning, about
the time that his opponent sailed for Duluth,
has been in close consultation with his princi-
pal heutenants, and some lively work in his
behalf among the country delegates will bt
inaugurated at once